Title: Google mobile-accessibility issues
Last modified: September 28, 2019

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# Google mobile-accessibility issues

 *  [Ate Up With Motor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ate-up-with-motor/)
 * (@ate-up-with-motor)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-mobile-accessibility-issues/)
 * Hi Joe,
 * I’m using WP Accessibility on two different WordPress sites, both with the same
   theme. Earlier tonight, I got a Google Search Console warning that one of the
   sites has mobile accessibility issues. Using the [Google Mobile-Friendly Test](https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly)
   found that both sites have the same errors: “text too small” and “clickable items
   too close together.”
 * Since the tool is none too specific about where it’s seeing problems, I’ve been
   experimenting with turning different components on and off and retesting in an
   effort to isolate the specific problem the test is running into. To my surprise,
   it appears to be associated with WP Accessibility. When I deactivate that plugin
   on my 6200productions.com site and retest, the Mobile-Friendly Test says the 
   site is mobile-friendly! When I reactivate the plugin and test again, I get the
   above-mentioned errors.
 * I have a different accessibility toolbar plugin, so I don’t use the one in WP
   Accessibility. The settings I have activated in WP Accessibility are:
    - Remove target attribute from links
    - Remove tabindex from focusable elements
    - Remove title attributes from: Tag clouds
    - Enable Skiplinks (with “Skiplinks always visible” unchecked)
 * I’m guessing the issue is with the skiplinks. It appears that the Google search
   mobile bot is unable to distinguish between the out-of-focus skiplinks and other
   site elements, so it says, “Whoa, that link text is way too small and jammed 
   too close to other elements!”
 * Is there a way to resolve that? I would like to provide skiplinks for the benefit
   of screen reader users, but I’m worried about getting penalized by the Google
   overlords.
 * Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgoogle-mobile-accessibility-issues%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Joe Dolson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedolson/)
 * (@joedolson)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-mobile-accessibility-issues/#post-11979722)
 * Making the skiplink permanently visible would probably resolve it, if, as you
   guess, the problem is with the skiplink when not visible. It’s hard to say, of
   course, since Google doesn’t really give you any detail about the problems.

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 * Last reply from: [Joe Dolson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedolson/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-mobile-accessibility-issues/#post-11979722)
 * Status: not resolved